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Forum: Tech Log
19th Jan 2013, 05:47
Replies: 52
Views: 17,310
Posted By TheRobe

Here is the wiki to Flight 261 may I suggest...

Here is the wiki to Flight 261 may I suggest that you are sailing close to the wind, my friend.. take care

Alaska Airlines Flight 261 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Jan 2013, 00:41
Replies: 52
Views: 17,310
Posted By TheRobe

Brian - So you want to rewrite history? So the...

Brian - So you want to rewrite history? So the pilots didn't have any problems, they called dispatch to just talk about the weather and all of a sudden they flopped over into the ocean. Is that about...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Jan 2013, 20:15
Replies: 52
Views: 17,310
Posted By TheRobe

Brian: So what your saying is that if you were...

Brian: So what your saying is that if you were flying an MD80, you would just keep flying along, trimming, retrimming, getting worse and worse, until the plane became uncontrollable and then crash....
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jan 2013, 23:56
Replies: 52
Views: 17,310
Posted By TheRobe

No your right Brian, when the flight controls are...

No your right Brian, when the flight controls are failing, a crew calls up dispatch to talk to let the chief pilot know to have catering ready when they land.
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jan 2013, 08:42
Replies: 52
Views: 17,310
Posted By TheRobe

The fact that they screwed with their trim for an...

The fact that they screwed with their trim for an hour then called dispatch for a 'what do we do?' is the point Brian.
Forum: Tech Log
17th Jan 2013, 08:25
Replies: 52
Views: 17,310
Posted By TheRobe

Brian - Maybe you should read you own report....

Brian - Maybe you should read you own report. Simply put it's not like they were flying along and all of a sudden the tail fell off. They were having trim and flight control problems for an hour,...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Jan 2013, 01:57
Replies: 52
Views: 17,310
Posted By TheRobe

Seven - Thanks for correcting me, your right,...

Seven - Thanks for correcting me, your right, they lost it around SFO on the way up North.
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2013, 23:36
Replies: 52
Views: 17,310
Posted By TheRobe

No Dozy, your wrong. Read the report. The...

No Dozy, your wrong. Read the report. The threads were becoming more and more stripped. So when the pilots trimmed for an altitude, it would hold, then give...then they needed to retrim for the...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2013, 19:45
Replies: 52
Views: 17,310
Posted By TheRobe

Keep in mind they were up in the air for about an...

Keep in mind they were up in the air for about an hour screwing with the trim, got harder and harder to keep the plane level.....the problem wasn't the jackscrew...any more then a vibration that got...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2013, 17:25
Replies: 52
Views: 17,310
Posted By TheRobe

So in the end you just don't want to hear that...

So in the end you just don't want to hear that lazy mechanics and robots that won't get the plane down right away is the problem?

What are you digging for? Some inherent flaw that if fixed will...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Jan 2013, 08:34
Replies: 52
Views: 17,310
Posted By TheRobe

Most of these things come down to money...how to...

Most of these things come down to money...how to make it, how to save it, how not to lose it.
Forum: Tech Log
13th Jan 2013, 19:10
Replies: 52
Views: 17,310
Posted By TheRobe

David - I get your point. but if you want to...

David - I get your point. but if you want to prove that this or that design is inherently flawed then you need criteria to determine 'safe' vs 'flawed' and by what universal standard.

Simply put,...
Forum: Tech Log
13th Jan 2013, 18:39
Replies: 52
Views: 17,310
Posted By TheRobe

It's not the design that is the problem, it's...

It's not the design that is the problem, it's lazy mechanics that didn't want to pull over a latter and a can of grease, just signing it off as inspected.

Same thing with the C130s cracking up...
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